I will never go here again. Lou owns the shop and I have heard good and bad, but I do not trust an employer who will hire a "artist" when they're shouldn't have the title. Justin did my boyfriends t... Read More
I will never go here again. Lou owns the shop and I have heard good and bad, but I do not trust an employer who will hire a "artist" when they're shouldn't have the title. Justin did my boyfriends tattoo and I wish we never went here. We were walk-in's had no appointment and Justin took us because he had a cancelation. We were both excited that we were finally going to get this tattoo done that we've been saying for so long that we were going to get that we completely overlooked all the wrongdoings of this artist. He drafted the tattoo on his skin WITH PEN. A regular blue ballpoint pen. We gave him a budget and when we saw this gorgeous tattoo, none the less very messy since it was done in pen, but you had the idea, he then tells us that it was nearly double our budget. We wanted a $400 tattoo, he drew one worth $900. We went with it anyway because now he showed us what he could have done with a budget doubled.
Long story short, after 2 long sessions, we were $900 in and --not even half-way done--.
They charge a solid $150/hour, which is pretty common amongst tattoo shops, but the artist took smoke breaks sometimes 20 minutes at a time, and did not consider that while charging us.
Yes, we should have said something but we're the type of people that don't think anyone would screw us over that badly, but now months later with a HORRIBLE tattoo, I'm very angry. My boyfriend thinks that it's fine and unfinished but who wouldn't want to believe their tattoo is OK after they spent nearly a grand to get nothing out of it.
Nothing at all is symmetric when it's supposed to be and now we found another artist who also said that it is a horrific job who now needs to not just touch up, but redo the entire piece.
If you go here, make sure you know who you're going to, and keep an eye on their prices. Read Less